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====== 06 Divison of Labour ======

===== Apr 12 =====

(7 days after [[Krulla]] died)

==== 10am ====

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  * go to field outside of town, [[Pthia]] summons planar ally, an Archon named [[Caleph]]
  * concoct plan: [[Smike]] will animorph [[Pthia]], [[Xaod]], [[Calmer]], and self into toads so [[Caleph]] can teleport us to [[Cannoness]] in [[Hommlet]], get raise dead scroll, then [[Caleph]] will teleport [[Smike]] & [[Pthia]] back
  * [[Veelas]] & [[Thacia]] will stay w/ [[Krulla]]'s corpse (gently reposing until Apr 20)

==== Smike & Pthia @ 10am ====

  * arrive at [[Cannoness]]' temple
  * she agrees to prepare scroll (will take 6 days)
  * visit [[Minh]] in jail, promise to investigate
  * gather info: learn there's still trouble at the trading post where the servants of original ToEE hid out. [[Joman Dart]] could be spy.
  * plan to stake out trading post at night

==== Veelas & Thacia @ 10am ====

  * find [[Rarod Hemmerson]], local priest
  * pay him to watch over [[Krulla]] & watch for [[Smike]] & [[Pthia]], will be back in a few days
  * going to toll "hom" (cave near [[Crater Ridge Mines]])
  * buy 1 week's rations for [[Thacia]]
  * travel on [[Aya]]

==== Veelas & Thacia @ 7pm ====

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  * close to cave, dismiss [[Aya]], walk slowly (silently?)
  * knock loose some rocks on slope, 4 trolls rush out of cave we didn't see
  * rope trick!
  * trolls confused, go back to cave
  * [[Veelas]] invisibles self & rope, goes down, sets off ghost sound to cover summoning
  * 1st summoned howler attacks, [[Veelas]] summons another
  * [[Thacia]] can't see what's going on, prepares to rescue [[Veelas]]--pulls up 30' length of invisible rope (20' still hanging)

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  * [[Veelas]] escapes up rope after summoning ape, sees one troll fall
  * [[Thacia]] unties self, pulls up rope, yells @ [[Veelas]] for scaring her
  * rest

==== Smike & Pthia @ 7pm ====

  * stake out trading post
  * see dark cloud from west, turns out to be huge murder of crows
  * lands in druid's grove, why?
  * we decide to investigate, see crows leave, fly back west
  * find building in center of grove
  * meet [[Jaroo]], old druid caretaker.  Tells us of young aide [[Yindi]] who used to work at the Inn of the [[Welcome Wench]] but now works for him
  * [[Yindi]]'s missing, might be at inn.  Also learn [[Yindi]] meets w/ constable [[Elmo]] regularly (who has a grievance with the [[Cannoness]])
  * can't find [[Yindi]] @ inn, we return to grove to look for him
  * [[Pthia]] silences a rock, we sneak around grove
  * see wolf near cottage; it smells us, approaches
  * [[Smike]] detects its thoughts, discovers its unnaturally smart
  * [[Smike]] speaks with animal, learns it's [[Yindi]]'s companion and [[Yindi]] has been missing 1 day
  * also learn [[Jaroo]] "smells wrong" and his bear companion has been missing ~1 year
  * promise to investigate and may seek [[Yindi]] with wolf tomorrow
  * [[Smike]] & [[Pthia]] pick up dinner from [[Vesta]] at inn & sneak back to trading post
  * it's locked for the night, go around to the back to wait, have dinner
  * [[Pthia]] poisoned!  Poison in the food
  * go to [[Cannoness]] for aid but she's not much help

<div right tip>Session \\ 2006-11-12 </div>

==== Smike & Pthia @ 11pm ====

  * go to other "church of mercy", priest helps
  * [[Yether]], priest at hospital church, lectures about "fighting" evil
  * lets us stay in church hostel

===== Apr 13 =====

==== Smike & Pthia @ 12am ====

  * captain [[Elmo]] arrives, we explain, he leaves

==== Smike & Pthia @ 1am ====

  * [[Elmo]] returns, confirms food poisoned (arsenic)

==== Smike & Pthia @ 3am ====

  * [[Smike]] wakes to see "[[Yether]]" in doorway, waits till he leaves, detects thoughts, nothing suspicious (out of range before he can really penetrate)
  * 10 min later, [[Yether]] again at door, again [[Smike]] detects thoughts--this isn't the same man!  (This is real [[Yether]].)
  * [[Smike]] wakes [[Pthia]] & calls [[Yether]], confirms it wasn't him 10 minutes ago
  * [[Pthia]] missing her sword...are we being set up?
  * [[Pthia]] locates object in [[Gods' Grove]]
  * we tell [[Yether]] to get [[Elmo]]
  * [[Pthia]] flies to grove w/ [[Smike]] on back
  * find [[Yindi]] impaled, upside down on tree, w/ [[Pthia]]'s sword
  * [[Elmo]] shows up (too quickly for [[Yether]] to have reached him!) w/ militia, arrests us
  * manacled, gagged, jailed till morning (unrested)

<div right tip>Session \\ 2006-11-07 </div>

==== Veelas & Thacia @ 5am ====

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  * [[Thacia]] summons [[Aya]]
  * [[Veelas]] ghost-sounds howl to draw out trolls (note: all 4 alive & well)
  * both ride [[Aya]] to lure trolls into a meadow we can fight in
  * reach small meadow, trolls lose interest in chase
  * [[Veelas]] dismounts, summons 2 giant eagles, gets back on horse

<div right tip>Session \\ 2006-11-12 </div>

  * eagles take out troll #1
  * [[Veelas]] summons hippogriff from horseback
  * other 3 trolls turn around, we follow
  * troll #2 falls to summoned assault
  * last two trolls make it to tree cover and retreat
  * [[Veelas]] dismounts to torch troll #1
  * [[Thacia]] approaches fallen #2, sees it's healing, charges body
  * [[Veelas]] attacked by revived troll #1, [[Thacia]] charges back, [[Veelas]] scorching rays
  * [[Thacia]] decapitates each and [[Veelas]] torches
  * [[Veelas]]'s familiar sees other two trolls went back to cave
  * rest in rope trick

<div right tip>Session \\ 2006-11-19 </div>

==== Smike & Pthia @ 8am ====

  * [[Elmo]] releases on 2000gp bail, says "Don't leave town".  Also tells us [[Jaroo]] told him about [[Yindi]] and that [[Martison]], Wench's barkeep, left town in middle of night (probably the one who poisoned us)
  * gather info
  * [[Pthia]] learns [[Yindi]]'s been [[Jaroo]]'s aide for 2+ years.  Was potboy at [[Welcome Wench]] before.  [[Jaroo]] is 90-100 yrs old.
  * [[Smike]] learns [[Vesta]] (owner of Wench) didn't like [[Martison]] (female, loner, black hair, pale skin, doesn't make small talk, hung out with gnome [[Nithieli]]).
  * [[Pthia]] learns the mill is under "Refrain", 1 yr purification ritual after murder.  (Good place for bad guys to hide out?)

==== Smike & Pthia @ 10am ====

  * [[Pthia]] rests at [[Welcome Wench]], door locked, [[Smike]] has key (in pub)
  * [[Smike]] learns [[Cannoness]] called on [[Yindi]]'s spirit.  [[Yindi]] was attacked from behind, killed @ sunset (throat cut).  Also learns [[Elmo]] & [[Jaroo]] were together @ sunset

==== Veelas & Thacia @ 2pm ====

  * back to cave on [[Aya]], carrying branches
  * [[Veelas]] ignites bushes and sends Baldric in
  * smoke drives trolls out
  * [[Veelas]] catches one w/ scorching ray, trolls chase (here we go again!)
  * trolls fall behind, go back to cave
  * [[Veelas]] & [[Thacia]] go back, [[Veelas]] summons
  * trolls hear spell & rush out

<div right tip>Session \\ 2006-12-03 </div>

  * [[Veelas]] summons ape but it gets ripped apart
  * [[Veelas]] summons 4 hell hounds
  * hounds drop both trolls with breath and fiery bite
  * [[Veelas]] scorches one, really dead
  * [[Thacia]] decapitates other
  * go into cave, find 642gp

<div right tip>Session \\ 2006-11-19 </div>

==== Smike & Pthia @ 4pm ====

  * [[Smike]] wakes [[Pthia]]
  * [[Pthia]] asks for divine guidance to expose evil forces in town.  Answer: key is in the mill house
  * meanwhile [[Smike]] has fallen asleep on bed (too many ales)

===== Apr 14 =====

==== Smike & Pthia @ 3am ====

  * [[Pthia]] wakes [[Smike]], says we must go to mill
  * [[Smike]] batifies both, fly out window to mill, in through water wheel axle hole
  * [[Smike]] goes down to cellar, re-gnomifies, searches cellar, detects no magic, but at back wall finds dirt floor has been disturbed

==== Smike & Pthia @ 4am ====

  * [[Smike]] & [[Pthia]] dig up, find humanoid remains w/ ankh (druid's symbol), probably [[Jaroo]]
  * wait till morning

<div right tip>Session \\ 2006-12-03 </div>

==== Smike & Pthia @ 7am ====

  * [[Smike]] batifies, flies out to fetch [[Cannoness]]
  * [[Smike]] gains audience, explains, [[Cannoness]] comes, sees skeleton & ankh, accepts our story
  * we learn "[[Jaroo]]" is staying w/ [[Elmo]], so [[Elmo]] in danger
  * [[Smike]] devises code test/response: "tulip" / "hyacinth" for us 3
  * we go to [[Byrne]] & [[Rufus]] in keep
  * they're coming w/ 20 militia ("badgers") to surround [[Elmo]]'s house
  * [[Elmo]] answers door.  [[Rufus]] warns him to move away from "[[Jaroo]]" but too late
  * "[[Jaroo]]" jumps [[Elmo]] and shapeshifts into his twin.  Who's the real [[Elmo]]?
  * [[Smike]] tries to detect thoughts but spell reflected/redirected
  * [[Byrne]] casts wall of ice to surround the house.  No escape!
  * [[Pthia]] grapples one of the [[Elmo]]s
  * [[Cannoness]] detects lies, learns [[Pthia]] holding fake [[Elmo]]
  * [[Rufus]] runs it through.  Was a doppleganger

<div right tip>Session \\ 2007-01-14 </div>

===== Apr 18 =====

==== Smike & Pthia ====

  * Cannoness finishes raise dead scroll for Krulla, gives to [[Pthia]]
  * [[Pthia]] calls Caleph (Archon planar ally) to return to Rastor as agreed.
  * [[Smike]] turns [[Pthia]] & self into toads, climb in sack, Caleph teleports
  * find [[Thacia]] & [[Veelas]], party reunited
  * [[Krulla]] resurrected (almost failed!) and healed by [[Pthia]]
